Hide the Tivo remote. Or better yet, get a toddler to do it for you.
Monday evening the Tivo remote disappeared. I spent about 45 minutes looking for it with AB. Finally I realized it was nowhere to be found, that watching anything on Tivo was impossible, and therefore went to bed to read Wicked. (June book club book, which btw, is fantastic! I am 50 pages in and can't put it down.)
AB spent nearly 2 hours more searching! He even reorganized the pantry in his quest to be able to watch 24. No luck. He came to bed exhausted from tearing the house apart and annoyed as hell.
Tuesday during the day he looked as well. Judging from the state of every single cushion on the sectional and the chair in Leif's room, he looked everywhere, many times. He searched every single drawer and cupboard - even the toddler proofed ones. He looked outside and in the garage too. No luck. He picked up the house as he cleaned too.
Finally at 5:30pm he gave in and I told him I would call Circuit City and Best Buy and see if they carried replacements. Neither did, so I ordered one to be arrive in a few days and we would just have to do without until then. (It is pure misery not being able to fast forward through commercials. How did we deal a mere 6 months ago?)
Now if only AB had done the laundry... he started it, did the couple stacks I had sorted. But hadn't gotten to sorting his laundry yet.
Yep, Murphy's Law. Place the order and you will find it. Truth be told it was moi that saved the day. I was sorting AB's laundry and wah-la... there it was.
Having a spare will be good, given the propensity of small electronic things (i.e., phones) to be dropped in the toilet by one toddler who shall remain nameless...
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